An outline of the history of linguistics

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An outline of the history of linguistics People everywhere talk about language: they have ideas about its nature, uses, origins, acquisition, structure, and so on. Some of these notions are enshrined in mythology (think for instance of the Tower of Babel story). In some sense the things people say and believe about language could qualify as linguistics: they represent a body of knowledge and beliefs about language. But, as we are using it, the term linguistics refers to a body of knowledge that is structured in ways that characterise it as a science rather than mythology or everyday beliefs (see pp.

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